YELL, Archibald, a Representative from Arkansas; born in North Carolina in 1797;
moved to Tennessee in his youth and settled in Bedford County; took part in the
Creek campaign; participated in the War of 1812 and served under General
Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans; studied law; was admitted to the bar of
Tennessee and commenced practice in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., and
continued until 1832; declined the governorship of the Territory of Florida;
appointed judge of the Territory of Arkansas by President Jackson in 1832, with
residence at Fayetteville, Ark., and served until 1835; upon the admission of
Arkansas as a State into the Union was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-fourth Congress; reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress
and served from August 1, 1836, to March 3, 1839; Governor of Arkansas
1840-1844; resigned in 1844; elected to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served
from March 4, 1845, to July 1, 1846, when he resigned to take part in the
Mexican War; served as colonel of the First Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer
Cavalry, and was killed in the Battle of Buena Vista February 22, 1847;
interment in Fayetteville Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.